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FHWA vehicle-to-infrastructure guidance aims to improve safety and mobility
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) guidance aimed at improving safety and mobility “by accelerating the deployment of V2I communication systems.” The agency says the guidance complements the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) proposed rule issued in December. “In addition to improving safety, vehicle-to-infrastructure technology offers tremendous mobility and environmental benefits,” says FHWA Administrator Gregory […]
January 23, 2017
Roadbuilding
Wisconsin DOT warns motorists of wrong way drivers using message boards
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has begun using its overhead electronic messaging boards to notify motorists of a wrong way driver nearing their area. The system went live Dec. 29. WisDOT says this effort is part of its “enhanced comprehensive approach” in coordination with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office to limit wrong way driver […]
January 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
Penn. launches 511PAConnect to provide motorists with localized alerts
Pennsylvania has launched 511PAConnect, a text message and phone alert system designed to update motorists in an affected area about road closures due to accidents or weather events. The system is the first of its kind in the state that links “directly to a targeted group of travelers who are being impacted by, or who […]
January 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
Caltrans automated warning system provides real-time info to motorists
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has strengthened its automated warning system (AWS) throughout the state as a means of increasing traffic safety and efficiency to the more than 30 million registered vehicles there. Caltrans’ AWS systems are being installed to monitor road conditions, weather and travel times, and provide real-time details to motorists. To […]
December 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
Virginia DOT partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has partnered with crowdsourced traffic and navigation app Waze on the Connected Citizens Program. Waze will provide VDOT with real-time Waze-generated incident and slow-down information directly from drivers as a complement to VDOT’s 511Virginia system. VDOT will in turn provide verified work zones, crash and road closure data from […]
December 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT announces $65 million in grants for advanced transportation tech in local communities
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is providing roughly $65 million in grants to help support advanced technology transportation projects in local communities across the country to help leverage nearly $170 million in investments to help implement “smart city” technologies. The grants are part of the Federal Highway Administration’s Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies […]
October 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Texas DOT installing smart work zone system on I-35 near Austin
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is installing a smart work zone system on a section of Interstate 35 near Austin included in the Mobility35 project. The system, set to start today, will provide real-time details to motorists of highway construction impacts on travel. TxDOT says the system includes side-scanning microwave radar used to measure […]
September 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
Florida DOT developing SunTrax, a transportation R&D facility, with Florida Polytech
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Florida Polytechnic University plan to build a 400-acre transportation technology testing site, dubbed SunTrax, in Polk County between Tampa and Orlando. SunTrax would include a 2.25-mile oval track and would be developed as a “high-tech hub for the research, development and testing of emerging transportation technologies related to […]
September 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina DOT to add state’s first on-ramp signals to I-540 in Raleigh
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is planning to add its first on-ramp signals to portions of westbound Interstate 540 in the north Raleigh area. “While this is the first time we are using this technology in North Carolina, on-ramp signals are used effectively in several other states and extensively throughout Europe,” said Kevin Lacy, […]
August 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Georgia DOT celebrates 20 years of NaviGAtor 511 and Transportation Management Center
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is marking 20 years of both its NaviGAtor 511 program and Transportation Management Center, both of which were instituted prior to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to help it handle the expected influx of roughly 2 million visitors. Both programs have operated 24 hours a day, seven days a […]
July 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOT offers webinar on research data exchange for connected vehicle deployments
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) is hosting a webinar on how to prepare data for the Research Data Exchange (RDE) system for the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program. The webinar is scheduled for March 2. The pilot program aims to “combine connected vehicle and mobile device […]
February 25, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway seeks to award $100 million in contracts
The Illinois Tollway is looking to award 19 contracts worth about $100 million to provide design, construction management, geotechnical and materials engineering services for the agency’s 15-year, $12 billion capital program Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future, the agency announced. Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur says the Move Illinois program is moving […]
June 14, 2014
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